WINNIPEG, MB – The University of Winnipeg’s Gallery 1C03, in co-operation with UWinnipeg’s Aboriginal Governance Program and Urban Shaman Gallery, present Humour in Indigenous Cultures, on Thursday, March 19, 2009 at 6:30 pm in Convocation Hall, The University of Winnipeg, 515 Portage Avenue. The evening includes stand up comedy, story telling, critical thinking, and laughter inspired by the life and work of Kainai First Nations journalist, cartoonist, and activist, Everett Soop (1943 – 2001). This event is free and open to the public.
Renaissance Man & Scholars
Featured guests include The University of Winnipeg Carol Shields Writer in Residence Maria Campbell – Comedian Ryan McMahon (aka Clarence “Two Toes”) – Indigenous Literatures scholar Niigonwedom J. Sinclair – and CBC’s Renaissance man-about-town Wab Kinew.
Current Soop Exhibition
Currently in Gallery 1C03 until April 4, 2009 is a touring exhibition showcasing selected political cartoons created by Soop in the 1960s, ‘70s and ‘80s, curated by Heather Devine and Geraldine Chimirri-Russell, organized by the Nickle Arts Museum at the University of Calgary.
Preeminent Wit & Social Critic
Everett Soop was one of Canada’s first Aboriginal journalists and editorial cartoonists from the Blood (Kainai) Reserve in Alberta. A preeminent wit and social critic, Soop’s skilled and creative pen was well poised to deliver cutting political commentary. Soop remains highly respected and admired for his insightful remarks on a range of issues that spared no sentiments; all interest groups were satirized in fair share for the positions and roles they played in the structuring and realization of life in Canada.
